Showing posts with label patient coding. Show all posts
Showing posts with label patient coding. Show all posts

Monday, September 30, 2013

CLINICAL NURSE PRACTICE TIP: THE KING OF ALL VITAL SIGNS



student nurse, vital signs

If you were to review the vital signs from patients three days before they coded, which vital sign do you think would change more than the others?
I’ve asked that question to hundreds of nurses over the last few years. Most say heart rate or blood pressure. But they are wrong.